A three judge panel on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered Judge Sullivan to respond to the request by Flynn's counsel that the case be dismissed. The Justice Department was also invited to comment on the matter. The Judge and the DOJ have 10 days to submit their responses.
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Appeals court orders federal judge to respond to Michael Flynn’s request to get his conviction dismissed
An appeals court Thursday ordered the judge in Michael Flynn’s case to defend his actions after Flynn’s attorneys accused the judge of bias, and asked that the case be reassigned and for his conviction to be dismissed immediately as requested by the Justice Department.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit took the unusual step of ordering Judge Emmet G. Sullivan to address the request from Flynn, President Trump’s former national security adviser, within 10 days, while also inviting the Justice Department to comment.
The brief order Thursday from the D.C. Circuit came from Judges Karen LeCraft Henderson, Robert Wilkins and Neomi Rao. The court asks Sullivan to file a response “addressing petitioner’s request that this court order the district judge to grant the government’s motion to dismiss.”
In response to the order Thursday, Powell said, “Obviously the court is taking the issue very seriously, as it should.”
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The court is obviously taking the matter seriously. The judge is being forced to defend his behavior. So far, so good, at least for those who support justice and the rule of law in our country.